Knesset Speaker Edelstein, “Albania is a Muslim country that shows things can be different.”
By LAHAV HARKOV
Albania is proof that Israel can have good relations with Muslim countries, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said in a meeting with his Albanian counterpart Ilir Meta Wednesday.
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein meets with his Albanian counterpart Ilir Meta. – Photo: KNESSET SPOKESMAN’S OFFICE
“Albania is a Muslim country that shows things can be different,” Edelstein told Meta, who is visiting Israel for the first time. “Israel-Albania relations are continuing to grow closer and I that your visit hear will contribute to that.”
Edelstein also pointed out that Albania saved all of its approximately 800 Jewish residents during the Holocaust and had a larger Jewish population after World War II than it did before. Continue Reading »
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